Welcome

The group was formed in 2003 by a small group of like minded people who were already involved in researching the history of the Armagh area and wanted a forum to pursue their interest.

We meet in the Irish and Local Studies library which is situated in the old City Hospital building on Abbey street, Armagh. The talks take place monthly between September and June and are always on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p,m.

Featured Article

Taking three houses in Chapel Lane, Armagh as his focal point Vincent Turley traces the development of the town’s ‘little palaces’. His
research ranges from Marshal Bagenal’s 1586 description of, “a small village having the Church and the Fraries there, for the most part
defaced”, through the centuries, and on towards his own mid-twentieth century childhood recollections of one of the city’s oldest
streets, the article is entitled Chapel Lane of the Past.